Assembly Bill A7135

Vetoed By Governor
2017-2018 Legislative Session

Relates to providing performance of duty disability retirement benefits for ambulance medical technician supervisors, ambulance medical technician coordinators and ambulance medical technicians in Nassau County

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Archive: Last Bill Status Via S5704 - Vetoed by Governor


  • Introduced
    • In Committee Assembly
    • In Committee Senate
    • On Floor Calendar Assembly
    • On Floor Calendar Senate
    • Passed Assembly
    • Passed Senate
  • Vetoed By Governor
  • Signed By Governor

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2017-A7135 (ACTIVE) - Details

See Senate Version of this Bill:
S5704
Law Section:
Retirement and Social Security Law
Laws Affected:
Add §607-i, R & SS L
Versions Introduced in Other Legislative Sessions:
2015-2016: A7115, S4985
2019-2020: A5324, A10050
2021-2022: A6492

2017-A7135 (ACTIVE) - Summary

Relates to providing performance of duty disability retirement benefits for ambulance medical technician supervisors, ambulance medical technician coordinators and ambulance medical technicians in Nassau county.

2017-A7135 (ACTIVE) - Bill Text download pdf

                            
 
                     S T A T E   O F   N E W   Y O R K
 ________________________________________________________________________
 
                                   7135
 
                        2017-2018 Regular Sessions
 
                           I N  A S S E M B L Y
 
                              April 10, 2017
                                ___________
 
 Introduced by M. of A. ABBATE -- read once and referred to the Committee
   on Governmental Employees
 
 AN  ACT  to amend the retirement and social security law, in relation to
   providing performance of duty disability retirement benefits for ambu-
   lance medical technician  supervisors,  ambulance  medical  technician
   coordinators and ambulance medical technicians in Nassau county
 
   THE  PEOPLE OF THE STATE OF NEW YORK, REPRESENTED IN SENATE AND ASSEM-
 BLY, DO ENACT AS FOLLOWS:
 
   Section 1. The retirement and social security law is amended by adding
 a new section 607-i to read as follows:
   § 607-I. PERFORMANCE OF DUTY DISABILITY RETIREMENT BENEFITS FOR  AMBU-
 LANCE MEDICAL TECHNICIAN SUPERVISORS, AMBULANCE MEDICAL TECHNICIAN COOR-
 DINATORS  AND  AMBULANCE  MEDICAL  TECHNICIANS  IN NASSAU COUNTY. A. THE
 COUNTY OF NASSAU SHALL MAKE THE BENEFITS PROVIDED  HEREIN  AVAILABLE  TO
 AMBULANCE  MEDICAL  TECHNICIAN SUPERVISORS, AMBULANCE MEDICAL TECHNICIAN
 COORDINATORS AND AMBULANCE MEDICAL TECHNICIANS IN THE EMPLOY  OF  NASSAU
 COUNTY.
   B. A MEMBER SHALL BE ENTITLED TO RETIREMENT FOR DISABILITY INCURRED IN
 THE  PERFORMANCE  OF DUTY IF, AT THE TIME APPLICATION THEREFOR IS FILED,
 HE OR SHE IS:
   1. PHYSICALLY OR MENTALLY INCAPACITATED FOR PERFORMANCE OF DUTY AS THE
 NATURAL AND PROXIMATE RESULT OF A DISABILITY NOT CAUSED BY  HIS  OR  HER
 OWN  WILLFUL  NEGLIGENCE  SUSTAINED IN SUCH SERVICE AND WHILE ACTUALLY A
 MEMBER OF THE RETIREMENT SYSTEM; AND
   2. ACTUALLY IN SERVICE UPON WHICH HIS  OR  HER  MEMBERSHIP  IS  BASED.
 HOWEVER, IN THE CASE WHERE A MEMBER IS DISCONTINUED FROM SERVICE, EITHER
 VOLUNTARILY,  OR INVOLUNTARILY, SUBSEQUENT TO SUSTAINING A DISABILITY IN
 SUCH SERVICE, APPLICATION MAY BE MADE NOT LATER THAN TWO YEARS AFTER THE
 MEMBER IS FIRST DISCONTINUED FROM SERVICE; AND PROVIDED THAT THE  MEMBER
 MEETS  THE REQUIREMENTS OF SUBDIVISION A OF THIS SECTION AND THIS SUBDI-
 VISION.
 
  EXPLANATION--Matter in ITALICS (underscored) is new; matter in brackets
                       [ ] is old law to be omitted.
              

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